Journey into Space: Return from Mars

Jan 31, 2025 4:50 PM

Author:Charles Chilton,John Pullen,Anthony Hall,Nigel Graham,Ed Bishop,Full Cast

Charles Chiltern's 1981 sequel to the classic BBC Radio sci-fi drama epic, Journey into Space.

Charles Chilton's classic radio sci-fi series Journey into Space thrilled listeners between 1953 and 1958, attracting almost eight million people to its gripping tale of the far future and the thrills of interstellar travel - the last radio programme in the UK to attract a bigger evening audience than television.

In this sequel to the original series, Captain Jet Morgan and the crew of the Discovery look forward to returning to Earth after six long years on Mars. However, when they get home, nothing is as expected and soon they realise that they've been transported thirty years into the future...

Production Credits

Written by Charles Chilton. Directed by Glyn Dearman.

Cast

Jet - John Pullen

Lemmy - Anthony Hall

Mitch - Nigel Graham

Doc - Ed Bishop

Other parts by Elizabeth Proud, Graham Faulkner, Sion Probert, John Webb, Patrick Barr, John McAndrew, Stephen Garlick, David Bradshawe and Christopher Scott.

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 7 March 1981.

Reviews

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